1/400 Evangelion Production Model EVA-02b (Q Ver.) by Kotobukiya (Available From HobbyLink Japan – HLJ.com)
The Production Model EVA-02b from Neon Genesis Evangelion is a new design for the new Evangelion movie series. Let’s see how it stacks up.
Unique cover art, withe the box presented in landscape form. I think it’s pretty eye-catching.
The box is around the same size as a MG Zaku, though slightly deeper.
And it’s also a bit thicker than the EVA-01 from the same series.
The side of the box shows the options you can choose for either the EVA-02 and EVA-02 Beta.
There’s also some gimmicks and a pretty cool looking pose with the monstrous gun.
You can see the main red color pop out as soon as you crack open the box, along with a fair number of other colors.
The manual is very similar to the EVA-01.
You can see all the colors here in the painting guide.
Here are the plates in alphabetical order.
2 H plates in different colors. Notice the green on white.
That’s a huge chunk of the alphabet!
There’s also a little part for the face.
For more color, or if you want to remember which EVA this is, there’s a set of water slides.
There’s also a wire for the power supply and weapon that you can attach.
For some final thoughts on the unbox, the first thing that may impress you is the number of plates. A to X is nothing to sneeze at! If you saw the review of the of EVA-01, you may have seen that this kit has high mobility, so I think most of the focus here will be on what exactly is different for the EVA-02 Beta. It seems that Kotobukiya is really trying to make things more accurate, with a whole extra H plate just so you can switch up the colors. Things look promising, so stick around to see it all put together! Thanks for reading everyone.
Al
Wow! Haven’t seen that many plates for a kit in a long time! Looks like it has a lot of detail, including a lot of colour. I like how they’ve kept the decals relatively simple. Looking forward reading your Part 2 for the review of the build.
Don
I wanted to get my hands on those kits but I’m curious about the 1/400th scale. Are they the same height as bandai’s 1/144 scale eva kits?